Ritsurin Koen-Daytime!
I have only one word to describe Ritsurin Koen, "wow!" I wouldn't want to be disloyal to Kenrokuen so I can't say that Ritsurin Koen is better, but I would be strongly tempted to. The park is the largest in Japan at 75 hecatres, and is absolutely beautiful! It took us over four hours to see the garden, and we could have easily stayed much longer.
An old man was feeding the turtles and carp in the lake (one of thirteen). I was so excited when he gave me a piece of bread and invited me to join him. It was lots of fun!
The men cleaning the lakes.
The biggest carp I have ever seen! (And I have seen quite a few now). There were some that were so big, they may have been my size!
Zach and I enjoying a cup of tea inside one of the teahouses. The teahouse is so famous that the Emperor even stayed here for five days once!
The view of our teahouse.
Enjoying the cherry blossoms...
a little too much.
This waterfall is a man-made waterfall. Man-made in the sense that men stood on top of the mountain with water waiting. When the feudal lord walked by they poured the water down the mountain to create this waterfall. I think that now technology helps, but the waterfall is still turned off at certain times of the day.
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